Jim, Cathy, Ron, Terry and I went in Jim's boat up the Sante Fe River. Picture a large pontoon boat with plush seats, large sun canopy, cool drinks, a picnic and a lovely, hot sunny day. We went up as far as a large fresh water spring, then back down river to where the Ichetucknee River joins the Sante Fe, where we beached and sat eating our picnic watching large butterflies flying round and various sizes of fish swimming in the warm shallow water. We then headed off downstream again to where the Sante Fe converges with the Suwanee. ( Way down upon the Suwanee River was sung again!) We saw large herons, a little blue heron, egrets, vultures, an osprey, a kingfisher, dozens of turtles and many other small birds. We saw an otter diving and playing and a large 8 feet long alligator basking on the mud in the sun. It's very pretty just now as it's spring and the trees are all in spring green, with golden rod and beautiful lilies flowering around the trees, not to mention the dogwood trees being covered in white blossom. The trip took about 5 hours and we arrived back feeling tired but very happy. Supper was a large loin of pork that had been cooking in Cathy's crockpot all day (very tender) and everyone had brought a dish to pool. There were 8 of us altogether, and we finished off with a lovely lemon cake that Barbara had made. another memorable day.
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